The Start

The Start

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The Start episodes

  • We Love To Read

    1:05--WAKE UP! Lauren likes to drive Brett bonkers by talking right up to the second we have to go to air / The handshake between Smith & Trudeau


    8:25--Earthquake latest... Syria begs to not be forgotten about


    12:15--Some Premiers voiced their displeasure over health $$$, others showed it with their handshake. How do you let someone know you're annoyed???????


    19:25--What's a book you'd like to revisit? Or read for the first time?


    27:05--Health series: Burlesque & body image


    35:00--Listener texts on handshakes, and books!


    37:45--Another property tax hike coming as Winnipeg faces its highest deficit... perhaps ever


    47:35--Listener feedback on books / Books & shows from the past that wouldn't be appropriate by today's standards


    53:20--Body image....do you like what you see when you look in the mirror?


    1:00:15--Budget feedback, should there also be cuts? // Kelly Moore & the Weekly Wednesday Jets Chat


    1:11:05--The handshake!!


    1:14:20--Body image….redefining what it means to look and feel good


    1:22:40--Winning text on books we'd like to revisit


    1:26:15--I Love to Read - helping kids and parents learn about ADHD - Jodi Carmichael, author of "The U-nique Lou Fox"

    1 hr 43 min
  • What's Under the Bed?

    1:10--Earthquake / aging in place / seniors & inflation


    8:10--Father watches live on phone app as video shows strangers entering home while child is alone


    15:20--Ever heard of emetophobia?? The weird things that scare us


    23:20--Out of Pocket: How inflation is tapping out a Montreal senior who 'absolutely cannot stop working'


    30:55--Texts on stuff that scares us


    33:40--Premiers meeting PM on health care


    40:50--What's With the Photo Radar South Perimeter @ St Mary's


    48:40--Aging series - Rich speaks to a woman whose goal is to stay in her home until she's at least 100


    59:20--More texts on weird things that scare us


    1:03:25--More chat on the tricky photo radar situation in the construction zone at the South Perimeter & St. Mary's


    1:11:10--Winning text on stuff that scares us


    1:15:50--Reports of online sexual luring of Canadian kids up 815% in five years, cybertip.ca data shows


    1:27:30-- Hal gets punny!

    1 hr 33 min
  • The Clothes We Refuse to Lose

    Brett, Greg, and Lauren talk about... the Windy start to the morning / teeing up death doulas, and sandwich generation

    China threatens repercussions after U.S. shoots down spy balloon  

    680 CJOB Health Series: End-of-life doulas

    The clothes we refuse to lose! - Inspired by a U.K. man who returned a t-shirt to a UBC bookstore 42 years after he bought it

    Are we still talking about flashing lights in school zones??

    The 'sandwich generation', deals with raising kids, and helping their aging parents. How to manage when parents are ready for PCH

    Reaction & discussion on the flashing lights in school zones

    Weekend sports review with Jim Toth!

    Feedback on aging in place, and what to expect when Trudeau, premiers meet on health care

    Two parents in two different long-term care facilities

    1 hr 20 min
  • Pay For The Whole Seat, But You'll Only Need The Edge!

    Eggs can hold a lot of weight. Brett likes red grapes best. We were sort of all over the map here. Friday! (1:40); Freezing today, high winds... then... a serious warm up? (9:50); Painful periods....menopause...the barriers women continue to face in getting still 'taboo' health care concerns addressed (13:10); What would you name your MONSTER TRUCK?? (21:15); Will global warming mean allergy seasons are also longer? (28:45); Monster truck texts (35:50); "pain is not normal'. Changing the way we talk about periods (37:50); Gab with Gabby! (41:20); Winning text on MONSTER TRUCKSSSSSSS (48:55); Black History Month - ZUEIKE! - Local apparel company with cool story (52:45).

    1 hr 7 min
  • Will We See A Shadow

    Today Brett, Greg, and Lauren Talk about... GROUNDHOG DAYYYYYYYYY

     Loblaws profits, Frito Lay Hikes, and Nestle cutting Delissio/Lean Cuisine.

     How do people work outside in the cold?? Times we had to complete a task in the cold, whether it was personal or for work

     Smashed windows, petty vandalism... how busy are window companies with repairs from break-ins? Are they also getting hit?

     Texts on working in the cold

     small Town Salute... Neepawa... hosting the Viterra Men's Curling Provincials next week

     Couponing, leftovers, and more! Sharing ideas on how to save money (OUT OF POCKET series)

    Feedback on cost savings // THEN // Inducted into the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame

     Ways to save money // THEN// Groundhog Day! Someone fire Manitoba Merv!

     MaID eligibility was supposed to expand in March to include mental health... that expansion is being delayed

     Winning text on working outside

     Jets TV with Sara Orlesky


    1 hr 20 min
  • Yes Soup For Me!!

    Listener rubs it in from Puerto Vallarta / is February the worst month (1:43); Working with the homeless... (7:48); What's your favourite soup??? (14:56); Time for 'urgent 'action to address 'escalating violence' (22:15); Some of your favourite soups (28:23); Monthly visit with the Mayor! - Crime, homelessness, transit safety (31:27); Coping with an Alzheimers diagnosis... 680 CJOB Health Series presented by Body Measure (42:39); Leah Hextall on the Weekly Wednesday Winnipeg Jets chat (48:18); Women's Heart Health... new report by Heart and Stroke Foundation paints a troubling picture (58:13); Winning text on SOUP! (64:47); I Love to Read Month - local children's author Larry Verstraete on his book COOP the GREAT (69:13).

    1 hr 25 min
  • Where's The Milkman?

    00:25--The Milkman ran out of milk! AND... The Milkman Controversy - was Greg a milkman or not??


    7:30--Checking in on homeless encampments? Global's Rosanna Hempel package


    11:20--Doctors wasting millions of hours per year on 'unnecessary administrative duties' / Sounds of the Game *** CAN LEAVE THE SOUNDS OF THE GAME


    18:20--Weird times we ended up in peril, like Brett choking on a Froster whilst at the wheel


    26:35--Bob Irving on the complicated legacy of Bobby Hull


    34:12--Texts on being in or putting ourselves in peril


    37:11--Breakfast with the Bombers with MILT STEGALL


    48:00--Going to the bank of Mom and Dad


    51:10--Problems with the minimum wage rebate?


    58:20--Making ends meet on a fixed income - OUT OF POCKET


    1:07:15--2 suspects arrested for 30 property crimes - What's the property crime situation for a business with, unfortunately, lots of experience on this


    1:16:15--Winning text on putting ourselves or finding ourselves in peril


    1:19:30--Winnipeg filmmaker Rainy Kerwin has a creepy new movie called "A Neighbor's Vendetta" coming to Tubi

    1 hr 34 min
  • Bad Good News

    Extreme cold and school cancellations// Jets booed....does that make sense? (2:30); Freedom Convoy: Smaller, more subdued protest marks 1 year anniversary (7:01); New Jones team wins MB Scotties - Greg speaks to Jennifer Jones (10:28); We won the 50/50! Oh wait a minute... no we didn't. / Times where we thought we had good news (15:40); Dry February: What's behind the Cancer Society initiative, and what sort of interest are they seeing? (23:00); Rain, hail, snow....she tries to always bike to work. What about the cold? And uncleared lanes? (28:01); Texts on times where we thought we had good news (38:33); Cold and CAA tips // Keys to the Game (40:36); Sports chat... does booing a team make sense? (46:26); Why is Twitter such a cesspool of hatred? Brett asked 'How is the tomahawk chop still a thing in sports' - ANGER! (49:58); Winning text on times we thought we had won (57:19); The Golden Jet, Bobby Hull, has died (60:18).

    1 hr 15 min
  • Bundle Up

    1:07--Extreme cold and school cancellations// Jets booed....does that make sense?


    7:43--Freedom Convoy: Smaller, more subdued protest marks 1 year anniversary


    11:13--New Jones team wins MB Scotties - Greg speaks to Jennifer Jones


    18:49--We won the 50/50! Oh wait a minute... no we didn't. / Times where we thought we had good news


    26:10---Dry February: What's behind the Cancer Society initiative, and what sort of interest are they seeing?


    32:42--Texts on times we thought we'd won


    35:28--Rain, hail, snow....she tries to always bike to work. What about the cold? And uncleared lanes?


    46:24--Texts on times where we thought we had good news


    50:39--?Cold and CAA tips // Keys to the Game


    57:07--Sports chat... does booing a team make sense?


    1:00:40--Why is Twitter such a cesspool of hatred? Brett asked 'How is the tomahawk chop still a thing in sports' - ANGER!


    1:08:12--Winning text on times we thought we had won


    1:12:04--The Golden Jet, Bobby Hull, has died

    1 hr 26 min
  • Do Better For Reg

    Blustery day / Jets lose / carbonflation cheques (1:40); "Carbon cheques" (9:10); Times our pets drove us bonkers (17:25); Holocaust Remembrance Day (24:20); Spppppports weekend Jets/Curling/NFL... and why hasn't Nic Demski signed yet?!?!?! (29:55); Concern over staffing for sexual assault program at HSC (39:45); GAB WITH GABBY!!!!!! (44:05); Winning text on times our pets drove us nuts (51:20); WSO New Music Festival (55:25); Cam got a hilarious gift from an astute listener! (1:07:05).

    1 hr 12 min

About The Start

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The Start is Winnipeg's podcast. Each and every day 680 CJOB's Mackling & Megarry break down the biggest stories of the day from politics to pop culture. If it matters to Manitobans you will hear…

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